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Compiled from wire service reports by Robert Kilborn and Ross Atkin /
November 3, 2005

I'll take this one

In Yellville, Ark., last week, Marlene Wyatt's search for a Halloween costume led her to a secondhand store. And within minutes she bought a white polyester prom dress labeled "Way Retro." End of story? Not quite. It turns out she'd made the dress herself 33 years ago while in high school. "I thought, 'This material looks familiar,' " she said. "Then I thought, 'Surely not.' And, finally, 'That's my dress!' "